Axon Central

Q. Should You Automate Your Home?
Should you automate your home? First, you should understand what “home automation” is and what it entails.

When a home is “automated” with Axon devices, it does not mean the house is run by robots or computers like in the movies. Homes that are automated are run by computers, but not without human intervention. In other words, humans still control and command their homes to run how they want it to run.

Q. What Does Axon Home Automation Entail?
When you decide to automate your home with Axon devices, you are essentially making it easier for you and your family to control certain tasks with the use of connected device such as a smart phone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer. Tasks like turning on lights, operating heating or cooling systems, opening or locking doors and gates as well as the activation and deactivation of security systems can all be done through the connected device. Automatic decisions can be set that allow you to run pre-determined outcomes based on sensor readings (for example: lights come on when a person enters a room)

Some of these home automation systems can even be operated via the internet for use away from home. This is particularly helpful when you and your family are away from your home and you wish to secure the premises, make people believe that people are in the house or to simply start the heating or cooling system while you are on your way back.

Of course, not everyone can and should control these systems, only authorized users can, which is why a security code or password is required when access to your home automation system is requested. Even then, each person is given a different access code to help restrict certain functions by being used by children or those who should not be given total access.

Q. What Can Home Automation Give You?
Some people believe that home automation is nothing more than a remote control for simple tasks. They think that all it gives a family is a way to turn lights on and off with the use of a home lighting automation, and to turn heating on and off, with another switch found on the home’s control panel. What they do not realize is that this system actually helps increase the value and aesthetics of the home, the home’s security and the safety of the people who live in it.

If you forget to turn on your sprinklers or you forgot to turn off your heating system, you can do so from afar with the use of your mobile phone or the internet, if you had such a system installed in your home. You can even activate your security cameras and view the footage taken by these from your computer at work or while on vacation. Contact Floyd Baker or your Axon distributor today and find out which home automation system is best suited for your home and for your specific needs.

Q. What are some Axon home automation systems available?
Home Lighting System

This is used to control the lighting of your home and when it turns on and off. What you choose to integrate into this particular automation system will dictate how your lights will operate. For example, if you choose to have your lighting automation systems to have sensors that turn it on when people are in the house, you can do so. If you want your lights to automatically turn on when it is dark and turn off when the sun shines, you can also have sensors added for this.

You can also choose to connect your home lighting system to your security system. What this does is your lights can all be switched on when your alarms go off or when your security cameras detect a movement inside or outside your home, should you program it to do so. This can help increase the security and safety of your home.

Home Security System

Another thing you can add to your home automation systems is a home security system that you can control via a few different mediums. Some of the controls you can include into your home security system include internet control, or mobile phone control. You can choose the level of security you want to have as well with the use of these control systems. These can include camera systems, alarm systems and lighting systems interconnected for a safer and more secure home.

Home Automation System Design & Installation

Want more than simply Multi-Room Audio and Video Distribution? Want to turn up the heat on your hot tub from your Android or iPhone on the way home from work? No problem. We can tie in your security, surveillance, audio, video, lighting, entry gates, doors, pool/spa, climate, photos and even your irrigation system all into a central control system. These controls can be touchscreens mounted in your wall, your iPad, iPhone or even your PC. We can make all of this complicated amazing equipment work in synergy for you with a hassle free interface that is customized to you and your new system. Do you have a lake home and want to see what’s happening on your security cameras or turn up the heat before you drive up? Automate watering your plants or feeding your pets. We can do this as well! The sky is the limit with home automation